Nadezhda Volovik

Foreign Trade in March 2013

In March 2013, a decrease in prices on the main commodities of the Russian export and slow-down of growth in the solvent demand as compared to March 2013 resulted in a reduction of the main indices of the Russian foreign trade. The Customs Union states have started to use more often the mechanisms of protection – which are not in conflict with the WTO rules – of domestic manufacturers from unfair foreign competition

Russia's Foreign Trade in 2012

This paper deals with the broad spector of Russias foreign trade issues. The authors analyze major indicators, geographical profile regulation and the terms of Russias foreign trade.

International Experience in Export Promotion

Over recent years Russia has actually become a monoculture exporter: three types of energy resources (crude oil, oil products and natural gas) ensure about 60% of the overall export volume. In the circumstances of such high export concentration over a small group of commodities, Russia’s room for maneuver regarding foreign economic ties becomes significantly narrower and its vulnerability with respect to negative changes towards global fluctuations is growing significantly.